Family Tree Paternal grandfather Paternal grandmother Maternal grandfather Maternal grandmother? Fuchs?-1930s Fidelia Udul Fuchs (nee?) Leon Lajzer Magid?-1930s Gitel Ramer (nee Ramer) Father Mother Maurycy Fuchs 1890s died in Holocaust Leonia Fuchs (nee Ramer) 1900s-1936 Interviewee Matylda Wyszynska (nee Fuchs) 1922 Spouse Stanisław Podhaniuk 1910s-1990s? Wyszynski 1929 Children Katarzyna Misztal (nee Wyszynska) 1962 1
The interviewee and his family Full name Matylda Wyszynska Where and when were you born? Lwow, 1922 Where else did you live? Czestochowa, Gdynia Your educational level? Finished secondary school What sort of work do/did you do? Public servant - labor inspector How religious was your parents home? How were you raised? Even though my parents were assimilated, on the high holidays they went to synagogue. They went to the prayer house, fasted on Yom Kippur. I know we also observed other holidays because I remember Sukkot. And our parents prayed during that time. I went to synagogue with my parents. On Purim I ran around with the rattle when they told the story of Haman. But my mother never wore a wig. She didn t observe kosher. What is your mother tongue? Polish How many other languages do you speak? One: German 2
Where were you during the Holocaust? Ghetto in Lwow In hiding in the villages near Lwow I worked under the false name in a sawmill in Dolina near Lwow, then in Chabowka in Nowy Targ What did you do after the Holocaust? I decided to stay in Poland and I started to work for the labor inspection 3
Spouse Name? Stanisław Podhaniuk? Wyszynski Where and when was he/she born? Where else did he/she live? Is he/she Jewish? Podhaniuk: No Wyszynski: No What is his/her mother tongue? Podhaniuk: Polish Wyszynski: Polish His/her educational level? Podhaniuk: Graduated from the Technical University of Lwow Wyszynski: Occupation? Podhaniuk: Engineer Wyszynski: Actor 4
Children Their names? Katarzyna Misztal (nee Wyszynska) Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews? Yes Where and when were they born?, 1962 Where else did they live? Gdynia Their educational level? Completed the Fine Arts College in Gdansk Their occupations? Painter How many grandchildren do you have? Two 5
Father His name? Maurycy Fuchs Where and when was he born?, 1890s Where else did he live? Lwow Where and when did he die? In Holocaust, Probably Janowski Camp in Lwow, 1942 or 1943 What sort of education did he have? What sort of work did he do? Lawyer How religious was he? On the high holidays he went to synagogue, he went to the prayer house, fasted on Yom Kippur. I know, as mama lived, we also observed other holidays and I went to synagogue with my parents. But I am not sure, if he went to synagogue after my mother s death. What was his mother tongue? Polish Army service: which army and what years? 6
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.) Name Place and date of Occupation describe how religious birth/death and origins of of children they were spouse Regina (f) Housewife? Frid - Jewish Ada (f) Klara (f) No No information information/jewi sh Where was he during the Holocaust? In the Lwow ghetto 7
Your paternal grandfather s name? Paternal grandfather Your paternal grandfather s name?? Fuchs Where and when was he born? Where else did he live? Lwow Where and when did he die? Lwow, 1930s What sort of education did he have? What sort of work did he do? How religious was he? He was very religious. We went to my grandfather for the Seder. I remember a large table and there must have been relatives at that table, possibly Grandfather s sisters. One chair was left unoccupied, the door was left ajar, they told me prophet Elias would come to take that chair, there was a plate for him. I remember how they poured the wine into the cup, grape wine, and my grandfather sprinkled the wine and told the blessing. He was very skinny, tall, dressed all black. I don t know whether [Grandfather] had a beard. What was his mother tongue? Army service: which army and what years? Tell me about his brothers and sisters. 8
Name Place and date of occupation describe how religious birth/death and origins of of children they were spouse Where was he during the Holocaust? Died before 9
Paternal grandmother Your paternal grandmother s name? Fidelia Udul Fuchs Where and when was she born? Where else did she live? Lwow Where and when did she die? What sort of education did she have? What sort of work did she do? How religious was she? What was her mother tongue? Tell me about her brothers and sisters. Name Place and date of occupation describe how religious birth/death and origins of of children they were spouse 10
Where was she during the Holocaust? Died before 11
Mother Her name? Leonia Fuchs (nee Ramer) Where and when was she born? 1900s Where else did she live? Przemysl, Lwow Where and when did she die? 1936, Lwow What sort of education did she have? What sort of work did she do? She worked at a post office, when she was young. How religious was she? She went to synagogue on the high holidays. She went to the prayer house, fasted on Yom Kippur. I know she also observed other holidays. But my mother never wore a wig. She didn t observe kosher. What was her mother tongue? Polish Tell me about his brothers and sisters. Name Place and date of occupation biographical describe how religious they birth/death and origins of data of children were spouse Manuel Died in Lodz, textile Raisa Romer/ Bianka (f) Not religious (Manek) (m) Poland, after WWII engineer Jewish Helena (f) Born 1915, died No? Haltmeier/ Jeann (f) Not religious in Paris, France, information Austrian 2005 12
Samuel (m) Died in Lwow dentist / Romek (m) Assimilated ghetto Jewish, Died in Died in Lwow Lwow ghetto ghetto Mia (f) Died in Lwow She No Not religious ghetto worked in information/jewis the office h, Died in Lwow ghetto Mada (f) No Not religious information Bernard Died in Siberia No, One son, died Not religious (m) information died in Siberia in Siberia Where was she during the Holocaust? Died before 13
Maternal grandfather Your maternal grandfather s name? Leon Lajzer Magid Where and when was he born? Where else did he live? Lwow Where and when did he die? Lwow, before 1936 What sort of education did he have? What sort of work did he do? How religious was he? What was his mother tongue? Army service: which army and what years? Tell me about his brothers and sisters. Name place and date of occupation describe how religious birth/death and origins of of children they were spouse 14
Where was he during the Holocaust? Died before 15
Maternal grandmother Your maternal grandmother s name? Gitel Ramer Where and when was she born? Where else did she live? Where and when did she die? What sort of education did she have? What sort of work did she do? How religious was she? What was her mother tongue? Tell me about her brothers and sisters. Name Place and date of occupation describe how religious birth/death and origins of of children they were spouse 16
Where was she during the Holocaust? Died before 17